''Game of Thrones'' is set to return this year with its Season 8. According to IMDb, the final season's premiere date is set for April 14. The ongoing winter and the wild weather that has been making the headlines recently seemed like the appropriate climate for HBO to deliver the official GoT Season 8 teaser.
A marvelous video set inside the Crypts of Winterfell pictures a trio of perhaps the most beloved characters. Jon Snow, Sansa Stark, and her sister Arya are at the center of this trailer that sends shivers down every viewer's spine. All the hints indicate that their end might be inevitable under the threat posed by the Army of the dead and the Night King.
The trailer uses a blatant form of symbolism
The almost-two-minutes-long teaser starts with Jon Snow going with rushing steps through the Crypts of Winterfell while holding a radiant torch. At some point, he suddenly stops and looks over his shoulder. A small feather smoothly sails to the ground. It's one of those smartly added symbols, in this case, could be a metaphor of life reaching its final destination.
The feather cannot fight gravity, regardless of its weight. The same way life cannot outpace death, regardless of the mission or the meaning.
The revealing part of the trailer is when all three Sansa, Arya, and Jon Snow come together right in front of their already sculpted bodies. That's the farthest the idea of a premonition can go.
The scene ends with that specific icy-fog approaching the small group. It seems that the Night King is about to make its entrance but, then, the trailer ends.
The teaser offers some other precious hints
Seeing all that mysterious veil of fog making its way into the depths of Winterfell can only indicate that the great city of Winterfell felt under the Night King's rule.
Going a bit further, there's also the possibility of Jon Snow, Sansa, and Arya trying to say goodbye to all those resting in those crypts while being aware that the time to live the world of the living has finally come.
Some may find these possible scenarios disturbing but given the current state of affairs, Winterfell is doomed to fall first as the Army of the dead is set to strike there.
While it may be easier to assume that the teaser signals one of the show's final scenes, let's not get over the obvious things. Winterfell's geographical position puts it in the first line of destruction and its fall may be pictured early during Season 8.
But, also, that opens the possibility of Jon Snow, Sanda and Arya to be killed off quite early in the season which would be a strange narrative choice, to say the least.
At this point, it's hard to anticipate the show's big finale, but the good news is that in a two-months time ''Game of Thrones'' is set to hit the airwaves.
